Billiard-tally



(No Model.)

B. D. WATERBURY.

BILLIARD TALLY.

Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

EMERY D. WATERBURY, OF DENVER, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO STEPHEN W. KEENE, OF ASPEN, AND SILAS E. HOSKINS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

BlLLlARD-TALLY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,006, dated August 14, 1888.

- Application filed February 16, 1868. Serial No. 264.206. -(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EMER-Y D. WATERBUEY, acitizen of theUnited States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard-Tallies: and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters'or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful' improvements in billiard tallies or counters; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the keeping of the tally of a game of billiards, both as to the number of games played and the points made during the same, the parts of the device being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, easily handled and readily understood, and cheap in manufacture. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved device shown mounted in an operative position. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the register. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the said register.

A A indicate hollow depending brackets or hangers, which have enlarged hollow T-heads a a secured to their lower ends. Secured to the inner opposingly situated horizontal T- heads a a is a pipe or tube, B, upon which the point-counters B are mounted. A small rod, 0, is mounted within this tube B, which has a gravity-pawl, c, mounted in the lower portion thereof, which plays through a slot, b, formed in the lower right-hand portion of the tube B. The said rod 0, adjacent to its inner end, has a depending stud or pin, b, therein, which also plays in the slot b. The inner end of the rod 0 is formed with an eye, to which the cord D is secured at one end, and, extending through the tube, passes over a sheave or pulley, d, mounted in the T-connection a on the lower end of the bracket or hanger A. The said cord D, extending down from said T-connection, is provided with a handle on the lower end thereof, which is designed to be within reach of one of the players or a game-keeper. The opposite end of the rod 0 is also formed with an eye, and has a cord, E, secured thereto which passes through the tube B and over a sheave or pulley, e, mounted in the T-connection a on the lower end of the bracket or hanger A, and then passes up through said bracket A and over a pulley, e, mounted in a hanger, e, and over a'pulley, e, whichis mounted in a hanger, e, and then down and is secured to the upper end of a retract-ile spring, S, which is connected to alever-arm, F g-of the register, a like spring, S being also secured to the said arm F of the register and opposingly situated to the aforesaid spring S.

Within the tube Ban elongated coiled spring, S, is mounted, which is secured at one end to the rod 0 and at its opposite end within said tube B. Surrounding the central portion of the said tube B is a stop-collar, B against which the pin 1) on the rod 0 is adapted to have bearing and limit the movement of the said rod in the direction of the arrow against the action of the spring S.

The operation of the mechanism thus far described is as follows: When a point is made by one of the players, one of the counters is pushed along the tube B in the direction of the arrow and passes the depending gravity-pawl a, secured to the rod 0. This gravity-pawl c is constructed with an oblique side adjacent to the counters, as shown in Fig. 1, which permits of the counters riding t-hereover; but when said counters get beyond the said pawl they are prevented from being accidentally shoved backward by the said pawl c, which bears against the shoulder a, formed in the rod 0, adjacent to the pivotal pin of the pawl c, as fully shown. The pawl,when raisedby one of the counters passing thereover, is pressed upward into the recess formed in the lower portion of said rod G. The counters B willhave bearing against the pin or stud b, and when the tally of points shall have been completed in the game the cord D is drawn downward, which draws the red C toward the T-conncction aon the lower end of the bracket A, thus pressing the pawl upward into. the groove in rod 0, the stud or pin 1; forcing the'counters B into the position shown to the rightin Fig. 1. The cord D isthen released, when the rod 0 will return toits normal position and the parts be in position for the beginning of a new game. Vhcn the rod 0 is drawn toward the right by the cord D, it of necessity pulls the cord E, which acts through its connections on the springs S, which draws the arm F of the register F upward against the action of the '15 opposingly-situated spring if, which afterward returns. the said arm F to its normal position.

The construction of the register is as follows: The operative mechanism is mounted in a ring or case, F, provided at front with a fixed dial, 1", and at rear with a bridge-piece,f

provided ce ntrally with a bearing,in which is jonrnaled a hub, W, in the forward end of which is bored a socket to receive the rear 2 5 end of a spindle, WV, the forward end of which passes through a central aperture in the dial f, and is provided with an indicator-hand,f'.

0n the forward end of the hub W is secured a lever, F, and a ratchet-wheel, W, a grooved 3o pulley, 'w' being rigidly secured to the spindle W to occupy a position between said ratchetwheel and the register-dial, as shown. The

case F is provided at one side with a recess,

F within the lower end of which is pivoted 5 a pawl, P, arranged to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel W, said pawl being held up to its work by a spring, p, secured about midway of the length of the recess F bya stud or screw, 10*, which also serves as the bot- 0 tom stop or rest for the lever F. This lever F is provided with a spring-pressed pawl,

P, also'arranged to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel \V and is at its outer end connected to coiled springs S and S, the

5 spring S being secured to the depending pull-cord E of the tally and the spring S to a fixed point. The upper wall of the recess F is at such distance from the screw 19 as to arrest the movementof the lever F when it has so moved a sufficient distance upward to advance the ratchet-wheel W one tooth with respect to the pawl P, the latter being designed toprevent aretrograde movement of the wheel upon the backward movement of the lever F The 5 5 notches or teeth of the ratchetwheel W are spaced to accord with the figures or marks on the dial, in order that when the ratchet-wheel is advanced one tooth the hand or indicator f will be moved from one figure or mark to the next, and so on, the friction between the spindle and socket and between the adjacentfaces of the wheel W and pulleyw being sufiicient to insure a corresponding forward movement of the wheel and hand, and this movement causing the pull-cord f to be wound upon the pulley 10. To attain a greater friction between the ratchetwheel and the pulley w, I interpose a coiled spring, S, between the bridge)" and thc'back of the wheel, asshown in Fig. 3.

In operation the counters B will be pushed forward to mark the progress of the game, and upon its completion the cord D will be pulled to restore the counters to position for counting another game. Motion will meanwhile be transmitted through cord E and spring S to lever F", lifting the latter to move the hand or indicator f forward one score. As, however, the counters in being returned must move a greater distance than the end of lever F in advancing the wheel W one tooth, I intcrpose between the cord E and the lever spring S, which permits of the movement of the cord after the. lever has been stopped by contact with the upper end or wall of the recess F Upon the release of the cord D the springs S and-S will restore the parts to their normal positions.

Upon the completion of a series of games which have been marked by the register the cordfis drawn down, this action resulting in rotating the pulley w, and the spindle W and hand f, which are connected thereto, backward until the hand is stopped by contact with the pinf, projecting from the face of the dial in line with the zero-point marked thereon, the wheel Wilever F, and hub W being meanwhile held at rest by the engagement of the 'pawl P with one of the notches in wneel W*.

I claim 1. The combination of the tubular hangers or brackets'having hollow T-connections on their lower ends, in which the two ends ofa tube are secured, the sliding rod within said tube having a gravity pawl or pin working in a slot in the lower portion thereof, the pullcord connected to one end of said sliding rod, and the cord and spring secured to the opposite end of said rod and in connection with a register, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the tubular hangers having hollow T-connections on their lower ends to support a tube, B, of a sliding rod, 0, having a gravity-pawl, a lowerdepending pin working within a slot within said tube, and central collar, 15*, a pull-cord connected to one end of said red, the resisting-spring connected to the opposite end, and the cord E, also connected to the opposite end of the rod 0 at one end, and at its opposite end in connection with and operating a register, substantially as de scribed.

3. The combination, with the tube B, supported as set forth, of the rod 0, moving therein, having the gravity-pawl and stop-pin playing in the slot in said tube, and the connections with said rod, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the tube B, supported as set forth, of the rod 0, moving therein and having the connections, and retractile spring, as set forth, provided with a gravity-pawl which prevents the backward return of the counters after passing thereover, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the tube B, supported as set forth, and carrying the counters, of the rod 0, having the connections, as set forth, and a stud or pin, b, playingin a slot in the said tube B and adapted to force the counters back to their normal position, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the tube B, sup ported as set forth, adapted tohave the pointcounters mounted thereon, of the rod 0, having the connections, as set forth, and the stud or pin 6, playing in the slot in the lower portion of said tube for the purpose of returning the point-counters to their normal position, and a collar, B,surrounding the tube B, against which said stud or pin b engages, for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with the tube B, supported as set forth, of the rod 0, having the stud b and gravity-pawl c, a pull-cord, D,connected to one end of said rod, a retractile spring, S, secured to the opposite end thereof, and a cord, E, secured to the opposite side of the said rod 0, the springs S and S, and the arm or lever F of the register, substantially as described.

8. Thecombination,withthetubeB,arod,O, therein and its connections, as set forth, of the springs S and S, the arm or lever F of the recorder, the ratchet-wheel W and its hub. the dial-plate, the spindle W, and the hand f, se-

cured thereto, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with the point-counting mechanism, of a game-register consisting of a dial, a hub mounted in rear of the dial and carrying a ratchet-wheel, an actuating-1ever fulcru med on the hub and carrying apawl to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, a spindle connected frictionall y with the ratchetwheel and protruding beyond the dial,'and a hand carried by said spindle, substantially as described.

10. In a register, in connection with the point-tally, as set forth, the arm F, the block or supporting-piece W, having the shoulder, as set forth, the spindle W, the spring S, the ratchet-wheel W, the pawls P and 1?, having the springs p and 1;,arranged as set forth, the pulley w, the dial-plate f, the hand or indicator f, and the pull-cord f, connected to the pulley 10, substantially as described.

11. In a billiard-counter, the combination of the tube, supported as set forth, having the point-counters marked thereon,of a rod within said tube having mechanism in connection therewith for returning the point-counters to their normal position and preventing their return when once adjusted, the said rod having suitable connections with a game-register,substantially as described.

12. In a billiard-counter, a tube supported as set forth, having a rod therein relatively acting with the point-counters upon said tube, and having an operating pull-cord and a cord in connection with the game-register, substantially as described.

13. The combination, substantiallyas before set forth, of the point counters mounted to slide on a slotted tubular support, the rod mounted to slide in said support and provided with a fixed pin, pull-cords D and E, connected to the ends of said rod, a game-register provided with an actuating-lever, and a spring interposed between cord E and said lever.

14. The combination, with a tube carrying point-counters, of a rod therein,constructed as set forth and having cord-connections, as described, a spring, S, secured to said rod, and the springs S and S, secured to the leverarm of a game-register in connection with one of the cords attached to the said rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMERY D. WATERBURY.

' Witnesses:

WM. OBRIEN, F. G. SALMONY. 

